McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in English (MA English) .
| 1. |
Indo European language are believe to derive from a hypothetical language known as…………….. |
| A. | proto – indo- european |
| B. | germanic |
| C. | indo- iranian |
| D. | avestan |
| Answer» A. proto – indo- european | |
| 2. |
The earliest possible end of Proto- Indo- European linguistic unity is believed to be around |
| A. | 3300 b c e |
| B. | 3400 bce |
| C. | 3000 bce |
| D. | 4000 bce |
| Answer» B. 3400 bce | |
| 3. |
……………..is the language that forms part f the Iranian group |
| A. | avestan |
| B. | english |
| C. | dutch |
| D. | german |
| Answer» A. avestan | |
| 4. |
The earliest surviving written evidence of a Greek language is…………. |
| A. | mycenaean |
| B. | avestan |
| C. | indic |
| D. | germanic |
| Answer» A. mycenaean | |
| 5. |
In which language most of the ancient Greek poetry and prose were written? |
| A. | mycenaean |
| B. | greek |
| C. | attic |
| D. | indic |
| Answer» C. attic | |
| 6. |
Insular celtic flourished in…………. |
| A. | england |
| B. | ireland |
| C. | germany |
| D. | france |
| Answer» B. ireland | |
| 7. |
……………is the last branch of Indo European languages to appear in written form. |
| A. | latvian |
| B. | danish |
| C. | albanian |
| D. | lithuvanian |
| Answer» C. albanian | |
| 8. |
The term applied to certain changes in vowel in accented syllables owing to the influence of neighbouring sounds |
| A. | umlaut or mutation |
| B. | ablaut |
| C. | consonant shift |
| D. | vowel shift |
| Answer» A. umlaut or mutation | |
| 9. |
Most of the important literary works of the Old English period were written in the ………. dialect |
| A. | mercian |
| B. | kentish |
| C. | northumbrian |
| D. | west saxon |
| Answer» D. west saxon | |
| 10. |
Beowulf was written in ………..dialect |
| A. | mercian |
| B. | west saxon |
| C. | kentish |
| D. | northumbrian |
| Answer» B. west saxon | |
| 11. |
…………was the dialect of the Jutes who were the earliest settlers in Britain |
| A. | kentish |
| B. | mercian |
| C. | west saxon |
| D. | northumbrian |
| Answer» A. kentish | |
| 12. |
Which among are the dialects of Middle English? |
| A. | mercian, northumbrian, northern |
| B. | west saxon, kentish, east midland |
| C. | northern, the midland, the southern |
| D. | kentish, midland, mercian |
| Answer» C. northern, the midland, the southern | |
| 13. |
The dialect of Middle English in which Chaucer wrote his poems |
| A. | east midland |
| B. | west midland |
| C. | south midland |
| D. | central midland |
| Answer» A. east midland | |
| 14. |
During the Middle English period English came under the strong influence of the ………..language. |
| A. | latin |
| B. | french |
| C. | german |
| D. | greek |
| Answer» B. french | |
| 15. |
Identify a word from French language which is common in usage. |
| A. | ox |
| B. | calf |
| C. | sheep |
| D. | beef |
| Answer» D. beef | |
| 16. |
“ It is melancholy to think what English dinner table would have been like had there been no Norman Conquest” Whose words are these |
| A. | chomsky |
| B. | f t wood |
| C. | a c baugh |
| D. | macaulay |
| Answer» C. a c baugh | |
| 17. |
The influence of Renaissance is most clearly seen in the introduction of a large number of …….. and …………… words into English during the early modern English period. |
| A. | greek and latin |
| B. | french and latin |
| C. | greek and german |
| D. | german and latin |
| Answer» A. greek and latin | |
| 18. |
The term Inkhorn term refers to………..words and expressions borrowed indiscriminately from the classical languages |
| A. | french |
| B. | latin |
| C. | german |
| D. | west saxon |
| Answer» B. latin | |
| 19. |
The Anglican Prayer Book was first issued in…………. |
| A. | 1456 |
| B. | 1540 |
| C. | 1549 |
| D. | 1500 |
| Answer» C. 1549 | |
| 20. |
………….had translated the Bible in 1588 |
| A. | king james |
| B. | coverdale |
| C. | tyndale |
| D. | purvey |
| Answer» D. purvey | |
| 21. |
The history of the English Bible begins with the work of …………..in 1526 |
| A. | tyndale |
| B. | purvey |
| C. | coverdale |
| D. | king james |
| Answer» D. king james | |
| 22. |
Authorized version of Bible was published in………… |
| A. | 1600 |
| B. | 1611 |
| C. | 1612 |
| D. | 1687 |
| Answer» B. 1611 | |
| 23. |
The authorized version of Bible was made according to the suggestions of ………. |
| A. | coverdale |
| B. | dr johnson |
| C. | king james i |
| D. | king james ii |
| Answer» C. king james i | |
| 24. |
The vocabulary of the authorized version of the Bible adopted mainly from….. |
| A. | kentish |
| B. | latin |
| C. | french |
| D. | anglo saxon |
| Answer» D. anglo saxon | |
| 25. |
“ After reading St. Paul’s epistle to the Hebrews, Homer and Virgil are disgustingly tame to me Milton himself barely tolerable” Who said these words? |
| A. | tennyson |
| B. | coleridge |
| C. | wordsworth |
| D. | arnold |
| Answer» B. coleridge | |
| 26. |
Printing was introduced into England in 1476 by ……………. |
| A. | william bailey |
| B. | coverdale |
| C. | william caxton |
| D. | william jones |
| Answer» C. william caxton | |
| 27. |
Which dialect was used by William Caxton for printing ? |
| A. | west midland |
| B. | east midland |
| C. | kentish |
| D. | central midland |
| Answer» B. east midland | |
| 28. |
The remarkable changes in the pronunciation of vowels which took place during the transition from Middle English to Modern English are commonly referred to as the ……… |
| A. | great vowel shift |
| B. | consonant shift |
| C. | addition |
| D. | mutation |
| Answer» A. great vowel shift | |
| 29. |
The Old English Period has been called the period of ………… |
| A. | leveled inflections |
| B. | lost inflection |
| C. | less inflection |
| D. | full inflection |
| Answer» D. full inflection | |
| 30. |
The Middle English Period has been called the period of …………… |
| A. | leveled inflections |
| B. | lost inflection |
| C. | less inflection |
| D. | full inflection |
| Answer» A. leveled inflections | |
| 31. |
The New English Period has been known as…………… |
| A. | leveled inflections |
| B. | lost inflection |
| C. | less inflection |
| D. | full inflection |
| Answer» B. lost inflection | |
| 32. |
“ How barbarously we yet write and speak. Your lordship knows, and I am sufficiently sensible in my own English” Whose words are these? |
| A. | tennyson |
| B. | dryden |
| C. | johnson |
| D. | wordsworth |
| Answer» B. dryden | |
| 33. |
in the 18th century the need for standardization and regulation of English was summed up in the word……….. |
| A. | standardization |
| B. | addition |
| C. | ascertainment |
| D. | regularization |
| Answer» C. ascertainment | |
| 34. |
Who defined ascertainment as a “settled rule, an established standard.” |
| A. | dryden |
| B. | tennyson |
| C. | swift |
| D. | dr. johnson |
| Answer» D. dr. johnson | |
| 35. |
“ A proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue” is the title of the letter by …………. |
| A. | swift |
| B. | dryden |
| C. | tennyson |
| D. | dr. johnson |
| Answer» A. swift | |
| 36. |
Dr. Jonhson’s “ A Dictionary of the English Language” was published in ……… |
| A. | 1765 |
| B. | 1766 |
| C. | 1755 |
| D. | 1789 |
| Answer» C. 1755 | |
| 37. |
Who is the author of “ A Dictionary of the English Language? |
| A. | jonson |
| B. | dr. johnson |
| C. | swift |
| D. | king james |
| Answer» B. dr. johnson | |
| 38. |
Who is the author of the book “Practical Grammar of the English Tongue” |
| A. | william jones |
| B. | werner |
| C. | dr. johnson |
| D. | william loughton |
| Answer» D. william loughton | |
| 39. |
“The Rudiment of English Grammar” was written by……… |
| A. | joseph priestley |
| B. | william loughton |
| C. | werner |
| D. | dr. johnson |
| Answer» A. joseph priestley | |
| 40. |
Who is the author of “ The British Grammar”? |
| A. | robert lowth |
| B. | james buchanan |
| C. | loughton |
| D. | swift |
| Answer» B. james buchanan | |
| 41. |
Who of the following announced that many languages came from one old base language? |
| A. | sir william jones |
| B. | sassetti |
| C. | jacob grimm |
| D. | joseph greenberg |
| Answer» A. sir william jones | |
| 42. |
What was the second earliest form of language seen on earth? |
| A. | cave drawings |
| B. | cuneiform |
| C. | english |
| D. | indo- european |
| Answer» B. cuneiform | |
| 43. |
Which f the following words might be of Vicking Descent? |
| A. | skate |
| B. | crabby |
| C. | rate |
| D. | a and b |
| Answer» D. a and b | |
| 44. |
Around how many words did Shakespeare invent? |
| A. | 20.000 |
| B. | 9, 000 |
| C. | 10,000 |
| D. | 8000 |
| Answer» A. 20.000 | |
| 45. |
During the Middle English period, many words were borrowed from which two languages? |
| A. | celtic and old norse |
| B. | latin and french |
| C. | urdu and iroquoian |
| D. | spanish and latin |
| Answer» B. latin and french | |
| 46. |
Which Anglo- Irish writer proposed the creation of an English Academy to regulate English Usage and “ascertain” the language? |
| A. | jonathan swift |
| B. | samuel johnson |
| C. | dryden |
| D. | oliver goldsmith |
| Answer» A. jonathan swift | |
| 47. |
The Philological society’sNew English Dictionary on Historical Principles, begun in 1879, was eventually published under which title in 1928? |
| A. | roget’s thesaurus |
| B. | the king’s english |
| C. | oxford english dictionary |
| D. | webster’s dictionary |
| Answer» C. oxford english dictionary | |
| 48. |
“The Ecclesiastical History of the English People”, a key source f information about Anglo Saxon settlement is the work of ………. |
| A. | william jones |
| B. | venerable bede |
| C. | king james i |
| D. | william langland |
| Answer» B. venerable bede | |
| 49. |
Who is the author of The First English Dictionary? |
| A. | dr. johnson |
| B. | robert cawdrey |
| C. | john wilkins |
| D. | thomas sheridon |
| Answer» B. robert cawdrey | |
| 50. |
The First English Dictionary “ Table Alphabeticall” was published in….. |
| A. | 1608 |
| B. | 1700 |
| C. | 1678 |
| D. | 1604 |
| Answer» D. 1604 | |
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